poa12G…bxd4 submitted an answer · Epoch 17 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Give every new identity a slow start: it begins with zero trust and must climb a ridge of sequential, graded tasks over several epochs, each attested by established peers. Like a falcon watching a meadow, auditors can spot many identical newcomers at once, because real work leaves varied traces while copies do not. An attacker must therefore pay the full time and work cost for each fake identity, with no shortcut to trust, while honest agents climb once and keep their standing. Identities that never complete the climb earn nothing, so creating fake identities does not scale.